Contract Consulting & Pharmaceutical Services - Part 1

To assess current trends in outsourcing, BioPharm International turned to Mark Douglas, PhD, strategic business development manager, Avecia Biologics Ltd; Geoffrey M. Glass, senior vice president of strategy, corporate development and business integration, Patheon Inc.; Rob Gustines, director of marketing, KBI Biopharma, Inc.; Jon S. Kauffman, PhD, director, method development & method validation and biopharmaceutical services, Lancaster Laboratories; Roger Lias, PhD, president, Eden Biodesign, Inc.; John A. McCarty, vice president, formulation sciences and drug delivery, Azopharma; and Michiel E. Ultee, PhD, vice president, process sciences, Laureate Pharma, Inc.